Meaning Of The Word Chloropicrin

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Chloropicrin Meaning

Chloropicrin Definition
Chloropicrin Definition

What's The Definition Of Chloropicrin?

chloropicrin in American English
a colorless liquid, CCl3NO2, prepared by treating chloroform with concentrated nitric acid, and used in chemical warfare as a poison gas, and in insecticides, fungicides, etc.
noun: a colorless, somewhat oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, CCl3NO2, that causes lachrymation and headache: used as an insecticide, a fungicide, in organic synthesis, and as a war gas

chloropicrin in British English
noun: a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl3NO2

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